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    Metaviewsoftware Twitter Client for Palm OS

    September 3, 2009 /

    Clemens Schuchert, the host of the PUGcast – Sync Your Ears podcast, has a new article posted about a new Twitter client for Palm OS-based PDA handhelds and smartphones that is under development. Kind of timely since Smartphone Fanatics has recently started a Twitter feed as @spf360.

    Mr. Schuchert writes:

    “Metaviewsoft is currently working on a full featured twitter client for the PalmOS platform. For less than a week the Berlin based software brewery has implemented the twitter core functions and is doing some tricky API usage to display your tweets and those of your your subscriptions nicely on the PalmOS screen. I say PalmOS screen rather than Treo’s or Centro’s Screen, because reducing it to smartphones would not be fully true. Due to the fact that the new twitter client “2TwitMe” do support screen rotation it will surely become the first choice for all the PalmTX’ out there very soon, because of the built-in WLAN functionality, it’s bigger screen, a gorgeous on-screen-thumbboard replacement, etc.”

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    Palm Reports Q4 and FY 2009 Results

    June 26, 2009 /

    Palm, Inc. today reported that total revenues in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2009, ended May 29, 2009, were $86.8 million. Gross profit was $20.1 million and gross margin was 23.1 percent. These results include the effects of subscription accounting treatment required by GAAP. In accordance with this methodology,revenues and cost of revenues for the Palm Pre smartphone are deferred and recognized over the product’s estimated economic life.

    On a non-GAAP basis, Adjusted Revenues in the fourth quarter totaled $113.2 million, Adjusted
    Gross Profit was $30.4 million and Adjusted Gross Margin was 26.8 percent.

    “The launch of Palm webOS and Palm Pre was a major milestone in Palm’s transformation; we have now officially reentered the race,” said Jon Rubinstein, Palm’s chairman and chief executive officer. “We have more to accomplish, but the groundwork is laid for a very promising future here at Palm. Our senior management team is capable, motivated and focused on execution; there is a large group of developers waiting to build great applications for Palm webOS; and we have a new product pipeline that we think will set a standard for the industry.”

    The company shipped a total of 351,000 smartphone units during the quarter, representing a 6
    percent increase from the third quarter of fiscal year 2009 and a year-over-year decline of 62
    percent. Smartphone sell-through for the quarter was 460,000 units, down 5 percent vs. the third quarter of fiscal year 2009 and down 52 percent year-over-year.

    In addition to the prepared statements that where posted on Palm’s website, there where a few other items of interest that I took away from listening to the conference call.

    • Palm is continuing to wrap up production of the Pre to meet demand
    • US penetration for smartphones is 19%, 11% globally
    • A user experience that delights the customer was mentioned twice
    • The Mojo SDK program is being expanded; everyone will have access by the end of September
    • Palm plans to continue to roll out fixes and software enhancements to webOS that will be free to Pre customers
    • The Pre did not go on sale during Palm’s Q4 period
    • Canada’s Bell Mobility is the next carrier to begin shipping the Pre

    I’m really surprised that both Palm’s CEO and CFO where talking about building hardware and software products that delight the customer. That has been a long standing requirement at Palm, and it seems that even through the transition of senior company management, new hardware platforms, and a new mobile operating system, at the core, Palm is still the company that wants to be simply, easy to use products to market. I’m glad to see that delighting the customer is still very much a part of the company’s DNA.

    Palm still has a lot of work cut out for them, but after a long and hard road that started two years ago, we finally have a Palm that is really up to the challenge of building some new powerful solutions that we haven’t seen in a long time from the company.

    You can read the full Q4 and FY 2009 results document on the Palm website.

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    Rubinstein to Lead Palm, Colligan Steps Down

    June 11, 2009 /

    Palm announced today that CEO Ed Colligan is stepping down from his CEO role and will be leaving Palm. Mr. Colligan has worked at Palm for 16 years. Taking over for Mr. Colligan is Jon Rubinsein, who joined Palm in October of 2007 to help reinvigorate the company.

    “I am very excited about taking on this expanded role at Palm,” said Rubinstein. “Ed and I have worked very hard together the past two years, and I’m grateful to him for everything he’s done to help set the company up for success. With Palm webOS we have ten-plus years of innovation ahead of us, and the Palm Pre is already one of the year’s hottest new products. Due in no small part to Ed’s courageous leadership, we’re in great shape to get Palm back to continuous growth, and we plan to keep the trajectory going upward.”

    “I’m very proud of what Palm has accomplished so far,” said Colligan. “We pioneered two major product categories and I believe we are on our way to defining the standard for the mobile web. I’m extremely proud of our team, and grateful to have played a role in turning Palm around. I know that Jon, the Board and the Palm executive team will do an incredible job driving Palm to new heights.”

    Mr. Rubinstein takes over as Chairman and CEO of Palm on June 12, 2009.

    The full press release can be read on the Palm website.

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    Pre Journal: We Have Pre

    June 6, 2009 /

    At about 9:18am this morning I left BlackBerry Nation and returned home again the Palm Community!

    This phone and Palm webOS are crazy amazing!

    Stay tuned for more reactions later today, a new 1SRC podcast, and a review soon!

    — Sent from my Palm Pre

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